It has been 42 years since pictures of topless woman have been legally spread across the media and now it is normality for us to walk into a petrol station and see numerous boobs pictured across the magazine shelves ( just because there on the top shelf doesnt mean they arent available for anyones eyes, including kids!)
In 1979 Ruper Murdoch published clothed Glamour models on page 3 in ‘The Sun’ and from then on it was the norm to be shown a ‘blonde bombshell’ once opening the first page of the newspaper. A year later Larry Lamb the editor of the tabloid published the first topless photograph of German glamour model ‘Stephanie Rahn’ to celebrate. This was just the start of the glamour model, now girls are photographed in more productive poses and little to no clothing with easy access to the models in action online, in magazines, newspapers, videos… But should it be this easy? There’s something not quite right about men paying to look at woman’s assets, is this not the next thing to prostitution?
Stephanie Rahn: The first topless glamour model (The Sun, 17th November 1970)
The biggest global success from woman’s nudity is the infamous ‘Hugh Hefner’ who is the face behind the phenomena that is ‘Playboy’. The first Playboy magazine included a double spread of ‘Marilyn Monroe’ the image was originally meant for a calender. Playboy is worth around 500 million dollars, yet a doctor or nurse who work unsociable hours can earn as little as £20,000 a year and they save bodies, they dont flash them about! Where is the logic in this? It isn’t fair that these girls show a nipple, disrespecting themselves and other woman. This is supposedly normality.
Are we living in a time where this is still acceptable? The Human rights group ‘Object’ demanded a protest against the media who make this most easily accessable in our society just over a week ago.
Object where created in 2003 and are an award-winning human rights organisation specifically set up to challenge the sexual objectification of women. Campaigners gathered for a not-so-happy birthday surprise for the sun outside international news offices in East London.
The guardian comment on the protest saying;
“The card was 6ft high, and while one side showed how women are portrayed in some of the tabloids – topless images from the Sun and the Star, as well as semi-naked, bent-double images from the Sport — the other showed how men are portrayed. The crucial difference could be summarised in the single word “clothes”.”
For the full news report visit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/27/women-fighting-sexism-media-page-3?intcmp=239
Click here for a video of Object in action at the protest! Are things about to change for the better?
The consequences of these images have lead an addiction for many in plastic surgery. ‘Lacey Wildd’ from Miami, Florida is addicted to breast implants and her ambition is to have the biggest boobs in the world going from an L cup to a MMM! What sort of ambition is that meant to be? If it wasnt for all these glamour models in playboy, page 3 and wherever else having such positive appraisal would this be a risk woman would even take?
Read more on the story at: http://www.gadailynews.com/news/national/117256-glamour-model-lacey-wildd-44-is-about-to-go-from-an-l-cup-to-a-mmm.html
Lets start the debate!
Laura
Everything Ethics 